Hello, Today, I finally found my uncle's family in the 1910 census in Chicago. The family name is listed as Lorenz Lenn, and Mary Lenn, my uncle was Stanislaw age 11 months. Lorenz later went by Lawrence so I had a hard time finding them. He died some time between 1915 & 1916. They married about 1908 in Ill. They had 2 more sons, Lawrence born abt 1913 / 1914 & Walter born abt 1915/ 1916. My uncle went by Lynn. Mary re-married in Indiana in Nov, 1916. My question is WHERE would they have attended church in the 17th ward? They were Catholic and Polish. Where would I find their marriage and the births of Stanley, Walter & Lawrence? Where would I look to find Lorenz's / Lawrence's death? I checked on Ancestry and came up with a big zero. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Julie B in NC -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.21/236 - Release Date: 1/20/2006

Julie B. kajbene [mailto:[email protected]] asked where a Polish Catholic family would have gone to church if they lived in the 17th Ward in Chicago in 1910. Julie B. I checked the 1910 US Census for your Lorenz Lenn family and found that they lived at 1535 Haddon. They would have had two Roman Catholic churches that they could have attended. The closest church would be Holy Trinity which is now called Holy Trinity Polish Mission located at 1118 North Noble Street, Chicago, Illinois 60622 or St. Stanislaus Kostka located at 1351 West Evergreen Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60622. The Sacramental Record Books (Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths, etc.) have been microfilmed by the Mormons (LDS) from the beginnings of these churches through 1915. You can find the microfilms numbers for these Sacramental Record Books by going to www.familysearch.org . When you get to the home page of the Family Search website, click on the Library tab. Next you can click on Family History Library Catalog. Then click on Place Search. Enter Chicago in the Place box and Illinois in the Part of box and click the search button. Then click on the Illinois, Cook, Chicago. Scroll down to Illinois. Cook. Chicago - Church Records and click. Then scroll down the list of churches until you come to St. Stanislaus Kostka and Holy Trinity and click on the links for each church. You will then get a list of the microfilm numbers that are available for those churches. You can order the microfilms that you need from your local Family History Library in North Carolina. If the above instructions for using the Family Search website are something you already know how to do, I apologize to you for going through the individual steps. I went through the individual steps in case there is someone reading this message that has never used the Family Search website so that they would know how to make use of the on-line catalog. Thomas Mackowiak MACKOWIAK/SERWATKIEWICZ/WANATOWICZ/JANUSZEWSKI/LESCZYNSKI/ORLIKOWSKI/MROZ/MU NO/HARNEY

Thomas, Thank you so much. I really appreciate your help. Julie B in NC -----Original Message----- From: THOMAS MACKOWIAK [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 10:10 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [IL-CHICAGO] NEED HELP IN FAMILY SEARCH IN CHICAGO'S 17th WARD Julie B. kajbene [mailto:[email protected]] asked where a Polish Catholic family would have gone to church if they lived in the 17th Ward in Chicago in 1910. Julie B. I checked the 1910 US Census for your Lorenz Lenn family and found that they lived at 1535 Haddon. They would have had two Roman Catholic churches that they could have attended. The closest church would be Holy Trinity which is now called Holy Trinity Polish Mission located at 1118 North Noble Street, Chicago, Illinois 60622 or St. Stanislaus Kostka located at 1351 West Evergreen Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60622. The Sacramental Record Books (Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths, etc.) have been microfilmed by the Mormons (LDS) from the beginnings of these churches through 1915. You can find the microfilms numbers for these Sacramental Record Books by going to www.familysearch.org . When you get to the home page of the Family Search website, click on the Library tab. Next you can click on Family History Library Catalog. Then click on Place Search. Enter Chicago in the Place box and Illinois in the Part of box and click the search button. Then click on the Illinois, Cook, Chicago. Scroll down to Illinois. Cook. Chicago - Church Records and click. Then scroll down the list of churches until you come to St. Stanislaus Kostka and Holy Trinity and click on the links for each church. You will then get a list of the microfilm numbers that are available for those churches. You can order the microfilms that you need from your local Family History Library in North Carolina. If the above instructions for using the Family Search website are something you already know how to do, I apologize to you for going through the individual steps. I went through the individual steps in case there is someone reading this message that has never used the Family Search website so that they would know how to make use of the on-line catalog. Thomas Mackowiak MACKOWIAK/SERWATKIEWICZ/WANATOWICZ/JANUSZEWSKI/LESCZYNSKI/ORLIKOWSKI/MRO Z/MU NO/HARNEY ==== IL-COOK-CHICAGO Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from Digest: Send a message to [email protected] that contains (in the body of the message) the command unsubscribe ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.21/236 - Release Date: 1/20/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.21/236 - Release Date: 1/20/2006